Alissamhappy
@alissamhappy.bsky.social
Writer | Editor | Empath | Hermit 🌈♾️🐿
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On Monday, a 15-year-old boy with disabilities was detained by ICE outside a Los Angeles Unified School District high school at 9:30 am when he was registering for classes.
He was only released after both school staff and the Los Angeles Police Department intervened.
He was only released after both school staff and the Los Angeles Police Department intervened.
ICE detained a teen with disabilities outside a Los Angeles school
"The trauma will linger."
www.motherjones.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
On Monday, a 15-year-old boy with disabilities was detained by ICE outside a Los Angeles Unified School District high school at 9:30 am when he was registering for classes.
He was only released after both school staff and the Los Angeles Police Department intervened.
He was only released after both school staff and the Los Angeles Police Department intervened.
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Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its war on Gaza.
Here are the names of the journalists Israel killed in Gaza
Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its war on Gaza.
bit.ly
August 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its war on Gaza.
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I sure would love to see all the democrats in Congress on the Capitol steps calling for impeachment in one voice.
I know we can't do it without republican votes, but it sure would be nice to see a loud, unified message.
I'll be calling my reps today and asking them to please do this. Join me.
I know we can't do it without republican votes, but it sure would be nice to see a loud, unified message.
I'll be calling my reps today and asking them to please do this. Join me.
June 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I sure would love to see all the democrats in Congress on the Capitol steps calling for impeachment in one voice.
I know we can't do it without republican votes, but it sure would be nice to see a loud, unified message.
I'll be calling my reps today and asking them to please do this. Join me.
I know we can't do it without republican votes, but it sure would be nice to see a loud, unified message.
I'll be calling my reps today and asking them to please do this. Join me.
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Today, June 18th, is Autistic Pride Day. Happy Autistic Pride Day from all of us at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network! Nothing about us, without us!
June 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today, June 18th, is Autistic Pride Day. Happy Autistic Pride Day from all of us at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network! Nothing about us, without us!
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Here's our rapid response list of orgs to reach out to if you're trans and in need of aid right now (or if you're cis and want an org to support): www.them.us/story/scotus...
Not exhaustive, but Quispe, @sal.gay, and I hope you still find it useful
Not exhaustive, but Quispe, @sal.gay, and I hope you still find it useful
June 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here's our rapid response list of orgs to reach out to if you're trans and in need of aid right now (or if you're cis and want an org to support): www.them.us/story/scotus...
Not exhaustive, but Quispe, @sal.gay, and I hope you still find it useful
Not exhaustive, but Quispe, @sal.gay, and I hope you still find it useful
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The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights
The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights
"If we don't put a line in the sand here, other agencies will try and do the same.”
www.motherjones.com
June 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights
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Prior to the civil war, armed citizens in the north confronted US Marshals and vigilante slave catchers to prevent them from abducting Black people who had escaped slavery. They had the moral clarity to resist the greatest evil of their time.
May 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Prior to the civil war, armed citizens in the north confronted US Marshals and vigilante slave catchers to prevent them from abducting Black people who had escaped slavery. They had the moral clarity to resist the greatest evil of their time.
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An underlying thing that is bothering me like a scratchy piece of fabric on my neck is that RFK Jr. thinks kids are better off dead than neurodivergent.
May 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
An underlying thing that is bothering me like a scratchy piece of fabric on my neck is that RFK Jr. thinks kids are better off dead than neurodivergent.
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Please be patient with the trans and non binary people in your life atm. If they're extra snappy or short or tired or sad.
Just be there and don't take it personally.
This is exhausting and leaves little emotional bandwidth for much else stress currently.
Just be there and don't take it personally.
This is exhausting and leaves little emotional bandwidth for much else stress currently.
April 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Please be patient with the trans and non binary people in your life atm. If they're extra snappy or short or tired or sad.
Just be there and don't take it personally.
This is exhausting and leaves little emotional bandwidth for much else stress currently.
Just be there and don't take it personally.
This is exhausting and leaves little emotional bandwidth for much else stress currently.
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Exactly. And also when autistic people can’t do any of those things because of disability or disinclination (my son loathes baseball) that is OK, and is why we need strong social support networks & services for autistic people and their families. -SR
RFK Jr thinks that people with autism
“will never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job, they'll never play baseball, they'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted”
I do all those things
“will never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job, they'll never play baseball, they'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted”
I do all those things
April 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Exactly. And also when autistic people can’t do any of those things because of disability or disinclination (my son loathes baseball) that is OK, and is why we need strong social support networks & services for autistic people and their families. -SR
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Democratic leadership: you have the people’s mandate. Today showed that. We got your back. FIGHT.
April 6, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Democratic leadership: you have the people’s mandate. Today showed that. We got your back. FIGHT.
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In a world of Gavin Newsoms, be a JB Pritzker
Happy Transgender Day of Visibility.
To the Transgender community in Illinois and around the country: You deserve to live your life proudly and openly. We see you and we will protect you.
To the Transgender community in Illinois and around the country: You deserve to live your life proudly and openly. We see you and we will protect you.
Gov. @jbpritzker.bsky.social has a powerful message for our community on Trans Day of Visibility: Keep speaking your truth. 🩵🩷🤍
March 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
In a world of Gavin Newsoms, be a JB Pritzker
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remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
Agency for older adults, people with disabilities to be shuttered under HHS cuts
In 2022, the Administration for Community Living provided more than 261 million meals to older adults, assistance such as respite care to more than 1.5 million family caregivers, and independent-livin...
www.marketwatch.com
March 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
remember what i said about RFK Jr. being a eugenicist first and foremost? www.marketwatch.com/story/agency...
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I’m not reposting that Kristi Noem video filmed in front of Venezuelan men crammed into a cell in the El Salvador concentration camp.
I’m disgusted. We have crossed a rubicon. Dehumanization like this only leads in one direction.
I’m disgusted. We have crossed a rubicon. Dehumanization like this only leads in one direction.
March 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I’m not reposting that Kristi Noem video filmed in front of Venezuelan men crammed into a cell in the El Salvador concentration camp.
I’m disgusted. We have crossed a rubicon. Dehumanization like this only leads in one direction.
I’m disgusted. We have crossed a rubicon. Dehumanization like this only leads in one direction.
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ASAN condemns the Trump administration’s executive order calling on the Secretary of Education to take steps to close the Department of Education. This is a disturbing idea, and a betrayal of the government’s commitment to provide equal access to education.
ASAN Condemns Trump’s Executive Order on the Department of Education - Autistic Self Advocacy Network
On March 20th, the Trump administration released an executive order calling on the Secretary of Education to take steps to close the Department of Education. The executive order further directs the…
autisticadvocacy.org
March 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
ASAN condemns the Trump administration’s executive order calling on the Secretary of Education to take steps to close the Department of Education. This is a disturbing idea, and a betrayal of the government’s commitment to provide equal access to education.
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Please add this to your activism list:
Submit a public comment from the link below to tell the HHS that gender affirming healthcare is evidence-based and lifesaving care.
This new policy will effectively BAN HRT as it will no longer be allowed to be an "Essential Health Benefit" 1/3
Submit a public comment from the link below to tell the HHS that gender affirming healthcare is evidence-based and lifesaving care.
This new policy will effectively BAN HRT as it will no longer be allowed to be an "Essential Health Benefit" 1/3
The HHS rule banning trans care from many ACA plans is open for public comment now. Only 3 comments so far.
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Embarrassing how the media is completely ignoring this. There's likely over 200,000 trans people on ACA plans (1% of 24 million)
www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
March 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Please add this to your activism list:
Submit a public comment from the link below to tell the HHS that gender affirming healthcare is evidence-based and lifesaving care.
This new policy will effectively BAN HRT as it will no longer be allowed to be an "Essential Health Benefit" 1/3
Submit a public comment from the link below to tell the HHS that gender affirming healthcare is evidence-based and lifesaving care.
This new policy will effectively BAN HRT as it will no longer be allowed to be an "Essential Health Benefit" 1/3
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There’s only so much we can take. We are not asking for Trump and his administration to listen to the American people. We are demanding that he listen. HANDS OFF OUR DEMOCRACY! April 5th.
#5050movement #politicalrevolution #handsoff #april5th
@polrev.bsky.social @indivisible.org
#5050movement #politicalrevolution #handsoff #april5th
@polrev.bsky.social @indivisible.org
March 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
There’s only so much we can take. We are not asking for Trump and his administration to listen to the American people. We are demanding that he listen. HANDS OFF OUR DEMOCRACY! April 5th.
#5050movement #politicalrevolution #handsoff #april5th
@polrev.bsky.social @indivisible.org
#5050movement #politicalrevolution #handsoff #april5th
@polrev.bsky.social @indivisible.org
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Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"
March 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Bernie Sanders: "If you do nothing, you sit back and say, 'it's gonna be terrible.' And that's right. A shutdown will be terrible. But our job is to put the onus on the Republican president, the Republican House, the Republican Senate, the people who control the govt"
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one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
March 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
one thing i keep thinking about is how there is simply no way to design a constitutional system that can resist authoritarian incursion if participants in that system do not actually care that much
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Free Mahmoud Khalil. It's important to protect speech, even, perhaps especially, when we don't agree what's being said. If we don't support other people's First Amendment rights, then who will protect ours? We have to all be in this together.
March 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Free Mahmoud Khalil. It's important to protect speech, even, perhaps especially, when we don't agree what's being said. If we don't support other people's First Amendment rights, then who will protect ours? We have to all be in this together.
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If any of the folks below are your sens please call them urging them to vote no on any Republican bill that doesn’t rein in Musk.
Other folks just dial 202-224-3121 and get plugged in w your senators offices even if they are Rs to get your voices out.
#NotOneVote unless Cong stops Musk.
Other folks just dial 202-224-3121 and get plugged in w your senators offices even if they are Rs to get your voices out.
#NotOneVote unless Cong stops Musk.
Here are their numbers 🤗
Bennet (CO) 202-224-5852
Gallego (AZ) 202-224-4521
Hassan (NH) (202) 224-3324
Hickenlooper (CO) 202-224-5941
Kelly (AZ) (202) 224-2235
Ossoff (GA) 202-224-3521
Peters (MI) (202) 224-6221
Slotkin (MI) 202-224-4822
Warner (VA) (202)-224-2023
Fetterman(PA) (202) 224-4254
Bennet (CO) 202-224-5852
Gallego (AZ) 202-224-4521
Hassan (NH) (202) 224-3324
Hickenlooper (CO) 202-224-5941
Kelly (AZ) (202) 224-2235
Ossoff (GA) 202-224-3521
Peters (MI) (202) 224-6221
Slotkin (MI) 202-224-4822
Warner (VA) (202)-224-2023
Fetterman(PA) (202) 224-4254
March 11, 2025 at 3:12 AM
If any of the folks below are your sens please call them urging them to vote no on any Republican bill that doesn’t rein in Musk.
Other folks just dial 202-224-3121 and get plugged in w your senators offices even if they are Rs to get your voices out.
#NotOneVote unless Cong stops Musk.
Other folks just dial 202-224-3121 and get plugged in w your senators offices even if they are Rs to get your voices out.
#NotOneVote unless Cong stops Musk.